Foreign Trade Zones, Bonded Warehouses and Free Trade Agreements: Lowering Your “Landed Costs”

Foreign Trade Zones FTZ’s have been an excellent source for lowering “landed costs” in face of increasing freight costs and… Read More

Mexico Starting WTO Dispute Over Trump Tariffs

Peter Buxbaum 5:40 AM  6/5/2018

Mexico will start a dispute settlement process at the World Trade Organization over tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on… Read More

BREAKING NEWS: US Imposing Metal Tariffs on EU, Canada, and Mexico

Peter Buxbaum 8:32 AM  5/31/2018

The White House announced today it was moving forward with tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union,… Read More

Japan’s Critical Leadership Role on Free and Fair Trade

Shin Ito 12:32 AM  5/28/2018

On March 8, 2018, in Santiago, Chile, 11 Asia-Pacific countries signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),… Read More

Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Scott Miller 12:22 AM  5/22/2018

First included in a treaty in 1959, investor protections became embedded routinely in free-standing investment treaties and bilateral trade agreements… Read More

Cost To Retailers If US Exits NAFTA: $15.8 Billion Near-Term

Peter Buxbaum 12:03 AM  5/22/2018

The near-term cost to retailers of exiting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is estimated at $15.8 billion, according… Read More

The US-Canada Energy Trading Relationship

Peter Buxbaum 12:09 AM  5/16/2018

A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies illustrates the futility in evaluating the trading relationship between… Read More

The Good News and the Bad News on Trade

Peter Buxbaum 12:11 AM  5/14/2018

Business confidence around the world is up. Business insolvencies, generally speaking, are down. Growth rates for global economies are healthy… Read More

Taiwan: Washington’s Neglected Partner in the Pacific

Peter Buxbaum 12:09 AM  5/14/2018

President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy states that China is challenging “American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American… Read More

Terminating NAFTA

Haylle Sok 12:53 AM  5/10/2018

Using a methodology that enables the capture of the full impacts (both positive and negative; direct and indirect) across the… Read More

As the Brexit Clock Ticks…

David Merritt 12:36 AM  5/7/2018

One would be hard-pressed to find a business in the United Kingdom and the broader European Union that isn’t at… Read More

USTR Releases 2018 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights

Peter Buxbaum 12:44 AM  5/4/2018

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2018 Special 301 Report this week, identifying trading partners… Read More